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Description

Bloom Color: Brown. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Quercus ilex is an evergreen Tree growing to 25 m by 20 m at a slow rate.
It is hardy to zone 7. It is in leaf all year, in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The species is monoecious and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.
It can grow in semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

Cultivation

Fodder: Mast Industrial Crop: Tannin Management: Standard Other Systems: Dehesa Regional Crop Staple Crop: Balanced carb
Landscape Uses:Specimen, Street tree. Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. Thrives on shallow chalky soils. Succeeds in all soils except those that are cold and poorly drained. Grows well in sandy soils. Young plants tolerate reasonable levels of side shade. Very resistant to maritime exposure. A very ornamental tree but it is quite slow-growing. Transplants badly unless moved regularly and this should be done as growth commences in late May or in September. Fruits very freely in Britain. The seed ripens in its first year. The sub-species Q. ilex ballota is cultivated for its sweet-tasting edible seed in Portugal and Spain. Hybridizes freely with other members of the genus. This species is notably resistant to honey fungus. Special Features:
Not North American native, Inconspicuous flowers or blooms. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 9 through 2. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a standard with a non-suckering single trunk .

HabitatsArid places
Habitatsmaquis
Habitatswoods and hills on limestone.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Canopy
HabitatsHedge
HabitatsWoodland Garden Canopy
HabitatsHedge
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